April 29, according to foreign media reports, Gartner analyst Ken Du Lenny (Ken Dulaney) said on Wednesday, HP's acquisition of Palm somewhat surprising, but this should be the Palm shareholders expect the best results.
HP and Palm on Wednesday announced that they have reached an agreement, HP will benefit the price of $ 5.70 per share, the acquisition of Palm, the total amount of about 1.2 billion, an all-cash transaction.
In this regard, Dulaney believes that the deal should be the Palm shareholders expect the best results.But Durrani also said he had expected amount of the transaction no more than 5 billion dollars.
In addition, HP's acquisition of Palm Dulaney surprised.Durrani had previously forecast, RIM will be because the touch screen technology and the acquisition of Palm.
IDC analyst Ramon Llamas (Ramon Llamas) that, with HP's strong financial strength, Palm will speed time to market.Motorola has said it will launch 20 models this year, smart phones, and Palm are only two products.
HP's Personal Systems Group Todd Bradley, executive vice president (Todd Bradley) said that HP will invest heavily in developing Palm products, the Palm's products to more consumers in more countries.